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Tintagel Head

American  
[tin-taj-uhl] / tɪnˈtædʒ əl /

noun

  1. a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.


Tintagel Head British  
/ tɪnˈtædʒəl /

noun

  1. a promontory in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall: ruins of Tintagel Castle , legendary birthplace of King Arthur

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On the north coast, from Tintagel Head and Boscastle northward to Hartland Point in Devonshire, the dark slate cliffs, with their narrow and distorted strata, are remarkably rugged of outline, owing to the ease with which the waves fret the loosely-bound rock.

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Having replenished our stores, which was our chief object in coming in, though the place itself was well worth seeing, we again sailed, and the same evening came off Tintagel Head.

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At the top of the track her way turned sharply at right angles to where a narrow ridge—so narrow that two people could not walk it abreast—led to Tintagel Head.

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Tintagel Head, a rocky headland, 300 ft high, on the W. Cornish coast, 22 m.

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